Spider



(No Model.)

B. E. SPERRY SPIDER.

No. 367,250. Patented July 26, 1887.

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I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC BARTON SPERRY, or BATAVIA, ILLINOIS.

SPIDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of, Letters Patent No. 367,250, dated Jul f26, 1887.

Application filed April 7, 1887. Serial No. 213,997. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, BARTON E. SBERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Batavia, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Spiders, which is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan View of aspider or skillet embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 a sectional view'of the same taken on the line 1 l of Fig. 1.

Like letters refer to like parts in both the figures of the drawings.

My invention relates to spiders or skillets,

the same being shallow culinary vessels of cast-iron provided with a-pouring spout or lip, the inner surface of the bottom and sidesof which is smoothed by grinding; and it has for its object to provide a construction of spider whereby the interior may be ground without the danger of breakage heretofore attendant upon. the operation of grinding, while the cost in time and labor of this operation is re duced, so that a spider having all the structural advantages of the one in ordinary use may be produced at a greatly-reduced cost.

To these ends my invention consists in certain novel features, which I will now proceed to describe, and will then particularly point out in the claims.

Heretofore spiders have been constructed with a pouring spout or lip in the form of a groove or bend in the side wall of the vessel, which groove extends downward toward the bottom of the spider, so as to form an interruption of or depression in the otherwise smooth inner surface of the wall of the spider. In the operation of grinding the grindingtool will, when it reaches this depressiomjump and strike a blow of considerable force upon the vessel, so that the said vessel is frequently cracked or broken and thereby ruined. It has been the custom in some cases to lessen this difficulty by placing .within the depression a filling-block to form a surface continuous with that of the rest of the wall, but the blocks wear quickly and become useless, are expensive in original cost and in the cost of handling, and are'liable to become displaced while in use. In order to obviate the objecupon the upper outer margin of the vessel above the ground portion, and a pouring-lip of the depth of said flange being formed in said flange and extending downward to but not into the ground portion.

In the drawings I have shown a spider embodying my invention, in which A represents the bottom portion, ground smooth upon its upper or inner side and provided on its under side with the circular rib or support a.

A represents the side wall of the spider, which is smooth and unbroken on its inner surface, so as to present no interruption or obstacle to the action ofthe grinding-tool. Upon the outer margin of the side wall, A,is formed a flange, a, extending both upward and outward therefrom, and extended radially outward to form the handle B, which lies entirely in the plane of the said flange and is of substantially the same thickness. A pouring lip or spout, A is formed in the flange a, which is flattened and widened laterally at this point, so that the bottom of the said lip is on a level with the top of the wall A, but does not extend below the top of the same, as in the ordinary construction, so that the inner surface thereof is entirelysmooth and unbroken, as hereinbefore set forth. This lip A does not extend below the flange a on the outerside of the vessel, but lies in the same general plane,

as does also the handle, so that a number of spiders may be nested the one within the other,

and will have a firm bearing on each other when so nested.

Two pouring spouts or lips A are shown in the drawings arranged at points diametrically opposite each other; but it is obvious that one of these may be dispensed with, if desired.

By reason of the construction which I have de- Y TOO expense of time and trouble, without any danger of breakage during the grinding operation, and which may be nested for storage or transportation when completed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, a spider having a smoothly-grouiul inner surface, and consisting of a body portion having bottom A and side wall, A. with a smooth and unbroken inner surface, a flange, a, on the outer margin of the side wall, and pouring lips or spouts A, one or more in number, formed in said flange and extending downward to the top of the side wall, but not below the same, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a spider consisting of the bottom A and side wall, A, having a smooth and unbroken inner surface, in combination with a flange, a, on the outer margin of the side wall, A, pouring lips or spouts A, one or more in number, formed in said flange and extending downward to the top of the side wall, but not below the same, and a handle, B, formed in said flange and arranged in the plane thereof, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

BARTON E. SPERRY.

\Vitnesses:

E. S. SMITH, XV. R. PORTER. 

